Collective action and its interpreters by João Alfredo Costa de Campos Melo Júnior

“…We will discuss the contributions of the Chicago School, especially psic-sociology, and Herbert Blumer symbolic interactionism; the classical Marxists approaches on collective actions; Claus Offe and the Marxist point of view on the new models of collective actions; Charles Tilly and his social-historic perspective analysis about social movements; and finally Mancur Olson and collective action from a rational perspective. …”
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The Methodological Dynamism of Grounded Theory by Nicholas Ralph, Melanie Birks, Ysanne Chapman

“…Our view is that through a process of symbolic interactionism, in which generations of researchers interact with their context, moments are formed and philosophical perspectives are interpreted in a manner congruent with GT’s essential methods. …”
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The school and the war, memories between fear and silence by Mauricio Enrique Lizarralde

“…It reflects on the role of collective memory in shaping the meanings that come to mediate interactions in schools located in areas of armed conflict, to collect this information was developed field work for two years, an ethnomethodological oriented by the look of the symbolic interactionism perspective. Among the results, this characterization of the different educational environments that there are configured, the reconstruction of the perception of the conflict from the stories, and the role of fear in the significance of interactions, territories and the possibility of reproducing and naturalize violence, ensuring the perpetuation of the conflict.…”
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The everyday pain of racism of Brazilian black women and the effect of counterintuitive ads for its reduction: a Grounded Theory study by Francisco Leite

“…It is a qualitative investigation oriented by the theoretical interconnection of perspectives of symbolic interactionism and mediatization studies, as basilar theoretical referential, and through the constructivist grounded theory, as a methodological approach. …”
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The Commodification of Religion in The 2012 Regional Election of Purwakarta Regency by Muhamad Ridwan Effendi, Surya Hadi Darma

“…This study uses a qualitative method with the dramaturgical approach of Erving Goffman on symbolic interactionism and Max Weber on social action theory. …”
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The influence of emotionality and activity of the body on a continuous reconstruction of I by Martina Hrdá

“…The perspective of symbolic interactionism shifted the concept of identity to the dynamic field of interaction where the “I” element has to find a balance between the internal and external environment of the organism. …”
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Entertaining Genius: U.S. Media Representations of Exceptional Intelligence by Julie B. Wiest

“…Drawing on arguments from symbolic interactionism, social constructionism, and media effects research, this study examines representations of fictional characters in U.S. television and film that are portrayed as exceptionally intelligent. …”
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Researching Coaching: some dilemmas of a novice grounded theorist by Linda Neal

“…This is followed by a consideration of the implications of the chosen perspective of symbolic interactionism for interviewing research participants, and for a literature review. …”
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Identity Tensions: Understanding a Previous Practitioner’s Decision to Pursue and Depart the Teaching Profession by Tiffany Karalis Noel

“…Framed by symbolic interactionism, this study used narrative inquiry to share a teacher’s story about her decision to pursue and depart the teaching profession within four years of graduating from a traditional undergraduate preparation program in the Midwest United States. …”
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Infertile couples facing in vitro fertilization - a qualitative research by Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá, Lorena Barbosa Ximenes, Doris F Glick

“…This qualitative investigation uses Symbolic Interactionism as theoretical and methodological framework to understanding the experienced meanings created in women’s lives by the in vitro fertilization process in Fortaleza-Ceara. …”
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Negotiation of the 'stigmatized' lesbian identity by Farhana Mohamad Yusof

“…Concepts derived from social identity theories, symbolic interactionism and the notion of ‘stigmatization’ will provide a theoretical sociological perspective with regards to the complexities of identity presentation and disclosure. …”
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Singaporean Japanese rock fans and the quest for authenticity : movements in space, self, and community by Quek, Rebecca

“…This study focuses on the J-rock community in Singapore and their motivations for travelling to watch their favourite band, through synthesising literature from tourism studies and subcultural studies under the framework of Symbolic interactionism, within the context of East Asian cultural flows. …”
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An empirical investigation of product symbolism from an ethnic subcultural perspective by Nik Rahimah Nik Yacob, James E Nelson

“…A conceptual model with five causal antecedents of product symbolism was developed based on the theoretical perspectives on semiotics, symbolic interactionism, and information processing. The study posits the applicability of the conceptual model across ethnic subcultures. …”
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Contribution of the nursing process for the construction of the identity of nursing professionals by Edlamar Kátia Adamy, Denise Antunes de Azambuja Zocche, Miriam de Abreu Almeida

“…Method: A qualitative study based on the data-based theory and symbolic interactionism, carried out with 12 nursing professionals from November 2015 to February 2016 in a reference hospital in the south of Brazil. …”
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Government campaigns in Bogotá (1995-2015): meaning of city and citizen culture by Carolina Garzón Medina, Aidaluz Sánchez Arismendi

“…Methodology: since the qualitative methodology was taken as an analysis support of the founded theory and the symbolic interactionism method; it was used as a theory-empiric referent the contributions of the urban sociology and the urban marketing in the first stage; the participant observation and the focus group sessions in the comprehension of the perception in regards of the management and the meaning of city in the current citizen with respect to the second stage. …”
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Young people’s experiences of social fears by Heta Yli-Länttä

“…The theoretical insights of the study were drawn from symbolic interactionism and the existential-phenomenological approach. …”
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Problematic of Political Parties Conflict in the Conditions of Competitive Political Market: To the Question of Political Marketing by A. E. Klychkov, P. A. Merkulov

“…The researcher notes its close relationship with the paradigm of symbolic interactionism. To understand the nature of the conflict between political parties interacting in a political process, the author operationalizes key concepts and categories: competition, market and market failures, political market, competitive political process, political process, democratic process and components of the political process. …”
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The Meaning of Menstruation in Women with Mild Disabilities by Siti Rahmah, Wike, Retty Ratnawati

“…This research was conducted qualitatively using Alfred Schutz's Phenomenological Approach and supported by Symbolic Interactionism Theory and Radical Feminist Theory. …”
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Constructions of Cancer among Survivors in Bandung Cancer Society by Amalia Djuwita, Deddy Mulyana

“…Theories used as references are phenomenology and symbolic interactionism. The results of the study of 10 informants indicated that cancer is a very frightening disease; cannot be cured and there is no life expectancy; cancer is caused by unhealthy life style; and yet cancer increases acts of worship. …”
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KAJIAN TENTANG INTERAKSIONISME SIMBOLIK by Nina Siti Salmaniah Siregar

“…To understand the interaction of symbolic (symbolic interactionism) is a way of thinking about the mind (mind), self (self) and society (society).By using sociology as a foundation, as well as teaching that when human interact with each other, they share the meaning for a certain period and for a specific action. …”
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